which slide?

just wondering if anyone used slides on bass. a friend of mine has a metal one for his guitar and i decided to fool around with it on bass. i got really ghostly sound out of it. i think it would be good for some coloring and effect suff. my question is, in your experience, which kind is better for bass, glass or metal? i do want to get that kind of wailing sound.

i would go with metal. i like to do a bit of "noise" jammin' in my spare time, and i get interesting reslts from various screwdrivers, wrenches, and coins. metal=cool.
i, personally, wouldn't use glass; i'd probably wind up smashing it and cutting up my hands. i'm just that stupid.

Originally posted by FLOYDtheBARBER i would go with metal. i like to do a bit of "noise" jammin' in my spare time, and i get interesting reslts from various screwdrivers, wrenches, and coins. metal=cool.
i, personally, wouldn't use glass; i'd probably wind up smashing it and cutting up my hands. i'm just that stupid.

I'll second the comment on Mark Sandman. He's in a class all by himself. Too bad he is no longer with us. Morphine was pretty unique as well.

I've experimented a bit with a glass slide and didn't like it. I don't like it much on guitar either though. It is very thin glass, and I think that is part of the problem

I'd guess that something with more mass would do better on bass. Didn't someone real famous use a spark plug socket tool as a slide? (Dang, I'm too old, I know who it is an have blanked on his name. Bonnie Raitt even sings a song about him. I'll remember sooner or later). I think that would work great. Maybe I'll try it out tonight.